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2. Antsoptkra, Kortb. 
Resinous trees. Leaves coriaceous, entire, feather-veined and finely 
reticulate ; stipules small, fugacious or inconspicuous. Flowers in lax 
terminal panicles Calyx-lube very short, adnate to the base of the- 
ovaiy; the segments imbricate, then snbvalvate. Slamms oo ; anthers 
ovoid with a long subulate connective, outer valves larger. Ovary 3- 
( rarely 4- 5-) celled ; style fleshy, ovoid or oblong-, with an attenuate 
3-5-fid apex ; ovules 2 in each cell- Frtiit adnate to the calyx-tube, in- 
dehiscent, l-seeded, crowned by the accrescent calyx-segments, of which 
2 form linear-oblong lobes. Cotyledons fleshy, nnequal ; radicle superior. 
— DiSTitm. Malay Peninsula and Archipelago to New Guinea. Species 
about 6. 
1. Anisoptera Curtisii, Dyer MSS. A tree 80 to 120 feet high ; 
young branches slender, minutely seurfy-tomentose. Leaves oblong, 
tapering to both ends, the apex sub-acute or acute, the base narrowed but 
rounded ; the upper surface glabrous, shining, the lower densely oehra- 
ceous-lepidote and sparsely stellate-pubeseenfc ; main nerves 18 to 20 
pairs, spreading : length 2 to 3 5 in., breadth "75 to 1'25 in., petiole '5 
to *75 in. Accrescent calyx-lobes 3*5 to 4 5 in. long, Unoar-spathulate, 
shining, 3-nerved : the transverse veins bold and numerous. 
Penaug : Curtis. Perak: King's Collectors. 
Yar. latifolza: leaves broadly elliptic, blunt, the bases rounded but 
narrowed. 
Penaug : Curtis, No. 1400. 
The vernacular name of this in Penang is liingkong. 
3. Vattca, Linn. 
Large or moderately sized resinous trees. Leaves coriaceous, entire, 
feather-veined and finely reticulate ; stipules small, fugacious or incon- 
spicuous. Flowers in axillary and terminal panicles, usually toinentose 
before expansion. Calyx-tube short, free, or adnate to the base of the 
ovary ; segments somewhat acute, imbricate, then sub-valvaie. Stamens 
15 ; anthers oblong, external valves larger, connective apictilate. Ovary 
3-celled ; style short, subulate, or apex olavate or capitate; stigma entire 
or 3-toothed ; ovules 2 in each cell. Fruit leathery, indehiscent, 1- 
seeded, surrounded by and sometimes partly adnate to the accrescent, 
membranous, nerved and reticulate calyx- lobes, two of which expand 
into narrow wings 2 or 3 in. long, the other three being much smaller. 
Cotyledons fleshy. 
Distrib. Tropical Asia and chiefly Malaya ; species about 10. 
Synaptea is a genus established by Griffith ( Notulie IV., 516, Tab. 
585 A, fig V.) for a tree collected nt Mergui, and named by him Syttap- 
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